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The Search for New Words to Make Us Care About the Climate Crisis | The New Yorker - 1 views

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    This article discusses how we might alter the language we use to discuss climate change in order to instill urgency and encourage meaningful action. It describes Matthew Schneider-Mayerson and Brent Ryan Bellamy's publication "An Ecotopian Lexicon," a book of words to better convey the crisis of climate change. In the spirits of science fiction writers who often create new vocabulary for their imagined worlds, the two professors assembled a committee of writers, scholars, and artists to compile loan words that would more adequately communicate the reality of the climate crisis. These words were taken from languages such as Thai, Gaeilge, Norwegian, and Luganda. They hope that intentionally influencing the language we treat climate change with will help influence the action and imagination we apply to it. As written, "our inability to imagine another path forward reflects a limited vocabulary. "
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As ice melts and seas rise, can endangered languages survive? | Grist - 0 views

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    Linguists are learning that climate change is another major factor contributing to the threat of language loss. This article dives into the effects of climate change on endangered languages such as Greenlandic and Marshallese, and explores how communities are taking action to protect their indigenous languages.
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